things well done | nude remix ::
:: this is beyond creativity and into the realm of genius. Just amazing. I haven’t seen aantyhing as interesting as this in a very long time. (Pardon the hyperbole, but it’s true.)
The video below was James Houston’s final project for a graphic design course at the Glasgow School of Art. It was also supposed to be a submission for an online contest Radiohead held to remix “Nude,” a track from the band’s In Rainbows album. James missed the contest deadline, but published his submission anyway. James’ thoughts on the project:
This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered (the contest), as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63 bpm. Most music that’s played in clubs is around 120 bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It’s pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.
Based on the lyric (and alternate title for the song) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any,” I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something that they’re not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.
It doesn’t sound great, as it’s not supposed to.
Check out more of James’ video work here; all of it is superb, especially this commercial he did for MTV. H/T Ben Houge. Bravo, well done. // AjS
